Friday, January 22, 2010

...HP isn't the only company whose cameras have exhibited an accidental prejudice against minorities, since many brands could be using the same flawed code. TIME tested two of Sony's latest Cyber-shot models with face detection (the DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1) and found they, too, had a tendency to ignore camera subjects with dark complexions.

General Larry Platt, who became a national obsession after performing his original tune "Pants on the Ground" during an "American Idol audition," said Thursday that he is being taken advantage of by folks looking to make a fast buck from his hip hop tune and is searching for representation, Fox News reported.
Platt, a civil rights soldier turned rap impresario, said he wants to protect his song.
In just a little over a week, his hit song made its way from American Idol to the radio and even the football team the Minnesota Vikings' locker room.SLIDESHOW: 'Pants on the Ground' Goes Viral.
Platt said he knew all about the use of his song and likeness without his consent.
"I need a copywriter to help me. They are stealing my stuff," he said.

This billboard -- which also has gone up in Atlanta and San Francisco -- is the ultimate act of revenge -- a very public retaliation by a dumped mistress aimed at a very wealthy, and married, businessman who is an adviser to President Obama.